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  • Thatcher's Children?

    Politics, Childhood And Society In The 1980s And 1990s

    That childhood is a social construction is understood both by social scientists and in society generally. The authors of this book examine the political issues surrounding childhood, including law making, social policy, government provisions and political activism.; This text examines current social and political issues involving childhood. It looks at the impact of the "New Right" who talk of ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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  • The Myth of Meritocracy

    Why Working-Class Kids Still Get Working-Class Jobs (Provocations Series)

    The best jobs in Britain today are overwhelmingly done by the children of the wealthy. Meanwhile, it is increasingly difficult for bright but poor kids to transcend their circumstances. This state of affairs should not only worry the less well-off. It hurts the middle classes too, who are increasingly locked out of the top professions by those from affluent backgrounds.Hitherto, Labour and ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gender and Crime

    A Human Rights Approach

    Series series Key Approaches to Criminology
    This book is a comprehensive and critical introduction to the field of gender and crime, re-thinking the key themes and debates within a human rights framework.Integrating empirical, theoretical and policy-related material, this Second Editionhas been significantly updated, and now includes;Full consideration of the 2010-2015 Coalition Government and its effect on gender and crime within England ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • Student Handbook of Criminal Justice and Criminology

    Written by some of the leading criminologists in the country, this new title is a 'one-stop shop' for those who teach, study or are interested in criminology and the criminal justice systems of the UK. ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Transforming Cities

    New Spatial Divisions and Social Tranformation

    This collection examines the profound transformations that have characterised cities of the advanced capitalist societies in the final decades of the 20th century. It analyses ways in which relationships of contest, conflict and cooperation are realised in and through the social and spatial forms of contemporary urban life. In particular, the essays focus on the impact of economic restructuring ... Read more

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  • Changing Family Values

    Difference, Diversity and the Decline of Male Order

    Edited by Gill Jagger, Caroline Wright ...
    Changing Family Values offers a comprehensive introduction to contemporary debates and new research surrounding the family. It explores how we define traditional family values and how these values are perceived as being underthreat in contemporary society. Ranging across politics, social policy, law and sociology, the contributors focus on the diverse realities of contemporary family life. Issues ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • International Criminology

    A Critical Introduction

    International Criminology is an easy-access critical introduction to how conventional criminologists in the international arena think about and research crime. By using examples from the US, UK and Australia, the authors outline key ideas, vocabulary, assumptions and findings of the discipline while opening up a set of critical underlying issues and problems.From theoretical traditions to ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Policing

    Politics, Culture and Control

    Bringing together a range of leading social scientists and criminologists, this volume explores a number of key themes raised by the work of Robert Reiner. Arguably the leading policing scholar of his generation, Reiner's work over some 40 years has ranged broadly in this field, taking in the study of police history, culture, organisation, elites and relationships with the media. Always carefully ... Read more

    $97.99 USD

  • Criminal Justice

    An Introduction to Philosophies, Theories and Practice

    This new text encourages students to develop a deeper understanding of the context and the current workings of the criminal justice system. The first part offers a clear and comprehensive review of the major philosophical aims and sociological theories of punishment, the history of justice and punishment and the developing perspective of victimology. In the second part, the focus is on the main ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Inventing Fear of Crime

    by Murray Lee ...
    Over the past four decades the fear of crime has become an increasingly significant concern for criminologists, victimologists, policy makers, politicians, police, the media and the general public. For many practitioners reducing fear of crime has become almost as important an issue as reducing crime itself. The identification of fear of crime as a serious policy problem has given rise to a ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Criminology and Social Policy

    by Paul Knepper ...
    Criminology and Social Policy systematically examines the relationship between social policy and crime.In this lively and engaging text, Paul Knepper discusses the difference social policy makes, or can make, in any response to crime. He also considers the contribution of criminology to the debates on major social policy areas, such as housing, education, employment, health and family. The book ... Read more

    $93.99 USD

  • Law and Order

    An Honest Citizen's Guide to Crime and Control

    by Robert Reiner ...
    Series series Themes for the 21st Century
    Law and order has become a key issue throughout the world. Crime stories saturate the mass media and politicians shrilly compete with each other in a race to be the toughest on crime. Prisons are crammed to bursting point, and police powers and resources extended repeatedly. After decades of explosive increase in crime rates, these have plummeted throughout the Western world in the 1990s. Yet fear ... Read more

    $24.00 USD